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Shooting for this film has been postponed so that Taron Egerton could film Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) first. The director wanted Taron Egerton as Robin Hood so much that he decided to postpone filming so that he could still play the title character.

The Moor character was never actually a part of Robin Hood folklore until the 1980s when he was created for the UK show 'Robin Of Sherwood'. A few years later the makers of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' saw the show and mistakenly assumed him to be genuine, which led to Morgan Freeman's character.

YouTube sensation Lars Andersen of Denmark, was hired to teach the cast archery. Lars Andersen was made famous for creating a YouTube video where he showed extraordinary skills with a bow and arrow, giving him the nickname 'real life Legolas' Amongst some of his skills he is able to hit incoming arrows midair, and shoot and hit 3 marks in a single jump from the ground. To increase his speed he uses an ancient technique that requires him to shoot with his draw and not cross the arrow on the bow like modern archers do. This technique is used by Robin in the film.

When filming in Dubrovnik (Croatia), Jamie Foxx was having dinner with his friends when two drunk locals approached his table and started throwing racial insults at him. The restaurant manager came, threw the men out and called the police and the two men ended up in jail. Despite this single negative event which showed the good and bad of some local people Jamie Foxx unsurprisingly kept posting on his social media how amazing the country is and how wonderful people there are.

-It is in Budapest, in an 83 year old wine cellar, that the chief designer Jean-Vincent Puzos and his team built the dusty catacombs that house the apartments and the library of Brother Tuck. The decor is inspired by the post-war German artist Anselm Kiefer.

-As of November 25, 2018, Robin Hood has grossed $14.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $8.9 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $23.2 million. It has grossed over $23 million against a production budget of around $100 million.

-As Nottingham is a city full of horses, the film's production also required a number of well-trained horses able to negotiate tight turns. The trainer László Juhász oversaw a team of more than 70 horses, including a magnificent Black Fries ridden by the Sheriff of Nottingham and the "Castano" of Robin Hood, a 13-year-old Purebred Spanish (PRE), a breed known for his elegance, intelligence and lush mane.

-To create the lowlands of Nottingham, Jean-Vincent Puzos was inspired by the favelas of Brazil, these chaotic shantytowns where millions of people live. These poor, anarchic-looking neighborhoods are made of an immense multi-level structure connected by rope bridges. With a curved length of one hundred meters, the three-store wooden structure supporting the slum took more than three months of construction.

-The Robin Hood character has benefited from several cinematographic adaptations. Among the most famous, there is Robin Hood by Allan Dwan in 1922, The Adventures of Robin Hood by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley in 1938, the Walt Disney Robin Hood in 1973, The Rose and the Arrow by Richard Lester in 1976, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves by Kevin Costner in 1991, Mel Brooks's satirical Robin Hood: Men in Tights with Cary Elwes in 1993, Robin Hood played by Russell Crowe in 2010 or the comedy Robin Hood, the true story (2015) with Max Boublil.